Airport type Public Elevation AMSL 44 ft / 13 m 7,100 2,164 Elevation 13 m Passenger count 88,840 | 7/25 7,100 Code BRW Phone +1 907-852-6199 | |
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Owner State of Alaska DOT&PF - Northern Region Address 1747 Akavak St, Barrow, AK 99723, USA Similar Era Alaska/H Aviation, Barrow Finance Director, King Eider Inn, Airport Inn, Barrow High School |
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport, (IATA: BRW, ICAO: PABR, FAA LID: BRW) often referred to as Post/Rogers Memorial is a public airport located in Utqiaġvik (formerly known as Barrow), a city in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. The airport is owned by the state. Situated on the Chukchi Sea at a latitude of 71.29°N, the airport is the farthest north of any in US territory. The airport is named after American humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post, both of whom died about 9 mi (14 km) away at Point Barrow in a 1935 airplane crash.
Facilities and aircraft
Wiley Post–Will Rogers Memorial Airport has one asphalt paved runway (7/25) measuring 7,100 ft × 150 ft (2,164 m × 46 m).
For the 12-month period ending January 11, 2011, the airport had 12,010 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 50% air taxi, 37% general aviation, 12% scheduled commercial and fewer than 1% military. At that time there were 8 aircraft based at this airport: 1 jet, 3 helicopters, 1 multi-engine, and 3 single-engine.